Author: rehab

Abigail Windle but l prefer Abbie for short. My first job was when I was 16 , I worked in a fish shop part time while going to college. When I turned 18, I got myself a job as a support worker and through this I visited Second Chance with one of the residents. […]

Here are a few links to several different websites that you might find useful! Learn more about brain injury through the Headway website! https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/ Education, Awareness and Signposting relating to brain injury all on the UKABIF site! http://ukabif.org.uk/home/ The Disabilities Trust is a charity focused on supporting rehabilitation for all types of disability! http://www.thedtgroup.org/

Meral joined the Second Chance Headway Centre team in January 2013 after working in the NHS, developing and setting up acute and post-acute rehabilitation brain injury services within the Yorkshire region. She has a specialist interest in vocational rehabilitation following brain injury, upper limb dysfunction, persistent disorders of consciousness and complex cognitive impairment. Meral has […]

Gemma started working at Second Chance Headway in April 2016. Her career pathway has led her through a variety of settings providing her with valuable knowledge and experience as an Occupational Therapist with a specialist interest in Neurology and Brain Injury. At Second Chance Gemma carries out assessments for rehabilitation and support, providing individualised treatment […]

Sharlene qualified as a registered adult nurse in 1996 after completing her nursing degree at Newcastle. She had an initial varied career consolidating her nurse training in medical acute settings and respiratory high dependency and rehabilitation. These roles provided a sound foundation in general nursing needed to allow her to focus on specialising in neurology […]

Peter is the Business Manager of the Second Chance Headway Centre. On leaving School he completed a full engineering apprenticeship and worked in drawing offices before becoming an Engineering Contract Manager. He was involved in the early days of computer implementations and choose to amalgamate that into his career, additionally training and progressing from IT […]

Shelly has worked at the centre for over 6 years and began as a volunteer, bringing with it a wealth of experience and understanding to her work at Second Chance as a Centre Support Worker. She completed her NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care in 2013, which helped to develop her brain injury […]